To start I will introduce myself and write a little about me. My name is Janie Thompson, I am 21 years old, and just started my first semester as a senior at Appalachian state. I am studying communication sciences disorders (hence the name of the blog), and plan on becoming a Speech Language Pathologist after graduate school; I also am minoring in Special Education. Whenever my life is not consumed with school I use that time to go to concerts/festivals, watch Sons of Anarchy or Live with Kelly and Michael, drink a craft beer at Basil's, eat something to fix my sweet tooth, snowboarding, and spend quality time with the people I love. As I am doing all of those things it is very strange for my boyfriend to not be doing those things with me. His name is Scottie and we are going on our 3rd year of dating, so I'm sure I will be mentioning him in many of my blog post. Two other people that I feel like I should mention are my parents because I am extremely close with them and they play a huge role in my life. I have never thought about writing a blog, but now that the opportunity has come available I am pretty stoked about it and can't wait to read my classmates.